Totally in a funk this week. I called my grandma today and cried for like an hour. She threatened to reach through the phone and smack me. She’s one of those sweet old ladies, ya know. Or not. But it did help. My eating has been okay. I’ve had a chocolate here or a glass…

It was a good and active day. My workout buddy R picked me up and we did a half an hour of cardio at the gym. I did my first stint on the Stairmaster. I had no idea how difficult that machine would be! We only lasted about ten minutes and then we went over…

Super quick post while we watch OITNB… I totally skipped out on the gym this morning. I woke up and tried super hard to get myself going. But nope. As I was lying in bed, it occurred to me to check YouTube for a BodyPump video. Then I went back to sleep for two more…

It’s 9pm and I’m already up in bed. I’m rewatching the first season of Orange Is the New Black with J because I saw it the first time while he was in Afghanistan. I’m not one to watch shows more than once, but I gotta say, it’s just as good this time around! But anyway….

Oh man, this weekend was incredible. We didn’t have anything planned, so I figured we’d just hang around the house and do a whole lot of nothing. But then we decided to get active at the last minute because the weather was looking fantastic. And that was a great idea. On Saturday, we woke up…

Today was an off day. We haven’t yet gone on our walk, but my Fitbit says I’ve only walked 2,300 steps. Yikes. It doesn’t register the 12.7 miles I biked though, so that’s something. I woke up with a pain in my upper back, a gain on the scale, and a dark cloud over my…

I’m so tired. These two-hour gym days are not easy. But just like Tuesday, I didn’t spend the entire day in a stupor. So that’s a good thing. Today’s classes were a half hour of BodyPump followed by another half hour of CXWORX. And then I took a Zumba class. By the end of that,…

So I was thinking this morning, “How cool is it that our kids finally love and request homemade oatmeal?! They don’t even ask for the sugar-filled instant packets anymore. Success!” And then I look over just in time to see my daughter dumping roughly half of a cup of brown sugar into her bowl. Well,…

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Grab a cup of coffee (or a glass of wine!), and find a comfy chair. My name is Nicole. This is my story of feeling lost, finding hope, discovering myself, and changing my body along the way. It's ugly and raw, yet powerful and gorgeous. Most of all, it's real. I hope you choose to start from the beginning, but be kind in your judgments. The girl who started this blog was nervous and vulnerable. And I'm happy to report that she's (mostly) confident and proud today.